The document discusses projects aimed at improving durum wheat productivity and quality in North Africa and the Near East. It summarizes: - The WANADDIN and IRDEN projects from 1996-2006 that developed drought-tolerant and disease-resistant durum varieties, conducted socioeconomic studies, and trained farmers. - IRDEN's impacts, including improved yields of 30-65% and training farmers in on-farm seed processing and value-added products like frike. - Current efforts to continue building on past achievements through developing higher-yielding and drought-tolerant varieties, improving grain quality, and exploring post-harvest processing opportunities.

1. IFAD/ICARDA Knowledge Exchange Workshop, 26-29 October 2009 Knowledge and Technology Exchange for Enhanced Quality of IFAD/ICARDA Operations in the NENA region Durum wheat: increasing Productivity & adding value Miloudi M. Nachit

2. Durum growing areas in NENA are projected to become Drier, Hotter, & Variable

5. IRDEN built on the achievements of WANADDIN WANADDIN ICARDA/IFAD Durum Alliance in NENA Region 1996-1999 ICARDA/IFAD Durum Alliance in NENA Region 2003-2006

7. Sites and number of farmers for demonstrations in 5 countries IFAD-ICARDA Workshop, 27-29 October, 2009 Country Site Number of Farmers Algeria Rahouia (Zeffout) Ouled Bessem (O. Bendahmane) Guelta Zerga (Beni Brahim) 2 2 1 Morocco Sidi Elaydi Jemaa Shaim 10 8 Syria Azaz Jbal AlHoss Idleb 8 7 4 Tunisia Seliana Zaghouane 2 3 Turkey Diyarbakir Gaziantep 2 2

9. Morocco: On-farm demonstration of newly developed durum varieties and crop management practices A promising harvest: Hessian fly resistant and drought tolerant durum varieties released in Morocco. IFAD-ICARDA Workshop, 27-29 October, 2009 ICARDA/IFAD Durum Alliance in NENA

10. Development of Durum Genotypes with Improved drought tolerance and Yield Stability IRDEN BACKUP RESEARCH From: Mesut Keser [mailto:M.Keser@cgiar.org] Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 1:46 PM To: Nachit, Miloudi (ICARDA) Cc: Baum, Michael (ICARDA) Subject: Seed Request Dear Miloudi, I hope this finds you well. Urfa Institute sent one of ICARDA lines, Ammar 6, to State Cultivar Test Center for registration . He informed me that he would like to have original seed of Ammar for seed multiplication as to have enough seed when it is registered. If you can send 50 Kg seed of Ammar 6, he will plant this year for seed multiplication. Could you pls advice. Best regards. Mesut

11. Development of Durum Genotypes with Improved Grain quality: ex.Yellow pigment (YP, ppm) IRDEN BACKUP RESEARCH

13. Frike Processing Spike harvest at dough stage Burning Threshing Grain separation Cleaning Storage

14. Frike processing in Syria: roasting of durum spikes through using butane gas as a fuel. Frike quality traits: 1) gluten strength and 2) greenness

16. Frike quality traits

18. WANADDIN 1996-1999 2003-2006 ?! ICARDA/IFAD Durum Alliance to Improve Livelihoods of the Rural Poor in NENA Building on WANADDIN & IRDEN Achievements

19. Grain Yield of lines derived from Durum x Triticum Wild Relatives 3000 3100 3200 3300 3400 3500 3600 3700 3800 3900 4000 4100 Cham5*3/T. urartu 500529 Cham5*3/T. urartu 500649 Cham5*4/Ae. speltoides 401293 Cham5*3/T. baeoticum 500647 Cham5*3/T. baeoticum 500647 Cham5*3/T. baeoticum 500647 Cham5*4/Ae. speltoides 401293 Cham5*3/T. baeoticum 500647 Cham5*3/T. dicoccoides 601117 Cham5*3/T. urartu 500529 Cham5*4/Ae. speltoides 401293 Cham 5 Kg/ha

21. Using new science and Biotechnological Tools: Mapping, QTL, MAS, Gene Pyramiding, Gene Expression CID-QTL in Jennah Khetifa/ Cham1 Population CID-QTL in Omrabi5/ T.dicoccoides //Omrabi5 population Durum Drought Tolerance Research at ICARDA

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